2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Evolutionary Processes in the Centaur Region
Rosita Kokotanekova, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Matthew M. Knight +1
Centaurs populate relatively short-lived and rapidly evolving orbits in the giant-planet region and are believed to be one of the solar system's most complex and diverse population…
astro-ph.EP2025
First JWST spectrum of distant activity in Long Period Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)
Colin Snodgrass, Carrie E. Holt, Michael S. P. Kelley +10
We observed the new Long Period Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos), inbound at 7 au from the Sun, using the NIRSpec integral field unit on JWST. The spectrum shows absorption features due…